Critical minerals and conflict: a policy roadmap
Abstract
Abstract The world faces a twin crisis of surging armed conflicts and climate change. As discussed in the current article, while the much-needed green energy transition and decarbonization of our economies represents great opportunities for fostering peace, it also bears significant risks linked to the scramble for critical minerals. In the current piece we take stock of the evidence linking minerals to civil and interstate conflicts and propose several evidence-based policies that allow the capture of a ‘double dividend’ of going green: saving planetary health and reducing armed conflicts.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Transboundary Water Resource Management
Mining and Resource Management
Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Oxford Review of Economic Policy
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 144–155
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN